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Title: Travels With Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0-14-005320-4 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1980 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (125 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Timeless wisdom along with a time-capsule from 1960
Comment: After reading "The Grapes of Wrath", "Travels With Charley" was irresistable to me. It is a treat to read Steinbeck's observations as he travels America some 20+ years after the terrible times he chronicled in "Grapes".
The voice is still there but a bit softened with the wisdom that passing years bequeath. Make no mistake, he still is angry with injustice. But Steinbeck writes with a wonderfully appealing gentleness and depth of compassion as he converses with his fellow citizens. Plus he writes with remarkable skill and grace.
An artist has time to "ponder" and consider currents, circumstances and feelings in ways most simply find near-impossible in the busy world of "bringing home the bacon."
Steinbeck is an artist of the highest order.
It is a gift to be able to listen to what this artist discovers - in himself and the country he loves.
The time and circumstances of 1960 come alive as vibrant history, while the observations and writing of John Steinbeck will register as relevant for all times.
Enjoy.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of his best
Comment: In the 1960s when Steinbeck always lived up to our expectations for powerful fiction, Travels with Charlie drew our scorn without having to read it. John Steinbeck and a poodle dog traveling together? Gradually we read it anyway. And read it again. And again throughout the years. It's always a joy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Travels with the best
Comment: I had read most of Steinbeck's books as a child or young adult, but somehow overlooked "Travels with Charley" until this summer. The best thing about this book is the insights into Steinbeck's own character; his intelligence and humanity shine through every chapter. Steinbeck also went out of his way to witness and describe a particularly shameful episode of racism in New Orleans -- the crowd of white women that gathered daily to verbally assault a small balck child being escorted school. His heartsickness over this incident and over the country's struggle with racism in general is as moving as anything I've read on the subject. Anyone who enjoys road trips will identify with this episodic journal and be charmed by Steinbeck's timeless wit and wisdom.
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Title: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140177388 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140042407 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140187537 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Blue Highways:A Journey Into America by William Least Heat-Moon, William Least Heat Moon ISBN: 0316353299 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Sweet Thursday (Twentieth-Century Classics) by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140187502 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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